FOI/202500450296 · FOI · released
Third Sector funding allocated by the Scottish Government: FOI release
Information requested
How much funding has been allocated from the Scottish Government to the following Organisations, since the fiscal year 2021-22, with a breakdown by fiscal year.
Scottish Traveller Education Programme Article 12 in Scotland Children 1st Scottish Children's Reporter Administration Who Cares? Scotland NUS Scotland LEAP Sports Scotland Sportscotland For Women Scotland MurrayBlackburnMackenzie LGB Alliance Keep Prisons Single Sex
Response
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Scottish Traveller Education Programme (STEP)
2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023 2023 - 2024 2024 - 2025 £63,700 (Learning Directorate) £157,725 through the Equality and Human Rights Fund (EHRF) £91,720 (Learning Directorate) £167,544 (EHRF) £63,700 (Learning Directorate) £174,731 (EHRF) £63,700 (Learning Directorate) £171,137.50 (EHRF) Total - £221,425 £259,264 £238,431 £234,837.50
The information on the EHRF contribution to STEP is publicly available (Equality and Human Rights Fund: projects funded - gov.scot).
The additional funding figure for this financial year (24/25) can be found in this FOI response (Funding awarded by the Equality and Human Rights Fund: FOI release - gov.scot).
Article 12 in Scotland
2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023 2023 - 2024 2024 - 2025 £55,650 (Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant) £55,650 (Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant) £55,650 (Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant) £5,000 (EHRF)* £55,650 (Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant) Total - £55,650 £55,650 £60,650 £55,650
*EHRF granted £5,000 to Article 12 in Scotland in 23/24 as ad-hoc, one-off funding to support their Deekin to Jan project.
Children 1st
2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023 2023 - 2024 2024 - 2025 £300,000 for Winter Plan for Social Protection £272,000 through Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant £200,000 from the Criminal Justice Division, Justice Directorate for the development of 2 Bairns’ Hoose justice rooms £44,433 from Violence Against Women & Girls and Barnahus Justice Unit – Children participation £285,600 through Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant £44,433 from the Bairns’ Hoose Unit to support the Changemakers group £285,600 through Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant £44,500 from the Bairns’ Hoose Unit to support the Changemakers group £141,115 from the Bairns’ Hoose Unit to support the Advocacy and Rights Project £27,832 through the Bairns’ Hoose Affiliate Fund £44,938 through the Bairns’ Hoose Pathfinder Fund £285,600 through Children, Young People, Families and Early Intervention Fund & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund grant £50,000 from the Bairns’ Hoose Unit to support the Changemakers group £165,477 through the Bairns’ Hoose Affiliate Fund £282,624 through the Bairns’ Hoose Pathfinder Fund £220,142 through the Bairns’ Hoose Development Fund £350,451 through the Bairns’ Hoose Thematic Fund Total - £816,433 £330,033 £543,985 £1,354,294
Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
The information for Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration is publicly available in the published Annual Accounts which are laid before Parliament for each financial year.
SCRA-Annual-Accounts-2021-2022.pdf scra.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SCRA-Annual-Accounts-2022-2023.pdf SCRA-Annual-Accounts-2023-2024.pdf
In 2024-2025 the allocation for the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration is £33,472,000. Please note that this does not represent the final position as the financial year 2024/25 is ongoing. The annual accounts for SCRA will be subject to audit and published in due course in line with usual practice.
Who Cares? Scotland
2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023 2023 - 2024 2024 - 2025 £550,249 for Children’s Advocacy in Children’s Hearings grant £640,939 for Children’s Advocacy in Children’s Hearings grant £640,939 for Children’s Advocacy in Children’s Hearings grant £640,939 for Children’s Advocacy in Children’s Hearings grant £180,000 to support corporate parenting training and develop electronic guidance across Scotland. £180,000 to support corporate parenting training and develop electronic guidance across Scotland. £180,000 to support corporate parenting training and develop electronic guidance across Scotland. £180,000 to support corporate parenting training and develop electronic guidance across Scotland. £66,709 helpline to care experienced people across Scotland. £116,000 helpline to care experienced people across Scotland. £116,000 helpline to care experienced people across Scotland. £116,000 helpline to care experienced people across Scotland. £22,386 to deliver mental health participation Maximum contract value of £99,995 for engagement with care experienced children and young people commissioned via the Children and Young People’s Participation Framework £15,000 to deliver siblings participation £18,000 through the Bairns’ Hoose Pathfinder fund for Participation work in Outer Hebrides Total - £796,958 £974,325 £936,939 £1,054,934
National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland
2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023 2023 - 2024 2024 - 2025 £114,026 (Academic Year funding) (September 2022 – March 2023) - £57,013 – shift to FY funding) £130,296 £130,296 £6,775 for NUS Scotland for coordination of Student Association Activities in 22/23 Total - £114,026 £63,788 £130,296 £130,296
Leadership, Equality and Active Participation (LEAP) Sports Scotland
The funding received by LEAP Sports Scotland from the Equality and Human Rights Fund for 2021 – 2024 is available in the public domain and can be found at Equality and Human Rights Fund: projects funded - gov.scot. The funding for 2024 – 2025 can be found in this FOI response: Funding awarded by the Equality and Human Rights Fund: FOI release -gov.scot.
The funding received by LEAP Sports Scotland from the Children, Young People, Families and Adult Learning (CYPFAL) Third Sector Fund for 2023 – 2025 is available in the public domain and can be found at https://www.corra.scot/grants/cypfal/.
Sportscotland
Please find below a link to the sportscotland Group Annual Accounts which includes the amount of Grant in Aid which sportscotland receive from the Scottish Government. The Annual Accounts are published in Parliament each year.
Please find a link where all the Group accounts are listed which covers the timescale asked in the FOI:
sportscotland Group accounts 31 March 2024 sportscotland Group accounts 31 March 2023 sportscotland Group accounts 31 March 2022 sportscotland Group accounts 31 March 2021
sportscotland have not yet published their 2024-25 annual accounts.These are routinely prepared and signed off at Board level before being published before the calendar year end.
However, please find a link to the published budget for 2024-25 in which sportscotland were allocated £34.6m in financial year 2024-25 Scottish Budget: 2024 to 2025 - gov.scot
I can confirm that no funding has been allocated from the Scottish Government to any of the following Organisations, since the fiscal year 2021-22:
For Women Scotland MurrayBlackburnMackenzie LGB Alliance Keep Prisons Single Sex
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